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Captive power plants’ dilemma

EDITORIAL: The energy sector is complex with intertwined linkages. Policymaking cannot separate power (electricity)...

Published 01 Nov, 2024 06:51am

Negotiations with IPPs: Nepra voices concerns about ‘key’ factors

Concerns raised during public hearing on the provisional Fuel Charges Adjustment for K-Electric for September 2024

Updated 01 Nov, 2024 09:39am

SNGPL move to reinitiate arbitration perturbs NPPMCL

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Updated 28 Oct, 2024 09:22am

Govt inks revised deals with 8 bagasse-fired IPPs

ISLAMABAD: Following successful negotiated deals with the five Independent Power Producers (IPPs), the Energy Task...

Updated 23 Oct, 2024 09:09am

Opinion

Net metering: Balancing the scales—III

One frequent option often advocated to address the issue of growing power rates for all consumers, particularly...

Updated 21 Oct, 2024 08:36am

Pay-mode conversion: Govt summoning 18 IPPs next week

ISLAMABAD: The government is expected to commence summoning top bosses of 18 Independent Power Producers (IPPs),...

Updated 19 Oct, 2024 09:45pm

Govt stops payments to 18 IPPs ahead of negotiations?

ISLAMABAD: The government is said to have stopped payments to 18 Independent Power Producers (IPPs) of 4,267-MW...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:17pm

BR Research

Missing billionaires

A new wave of billionaires is emerging from the East, but Pakistan has not been as fortunate in this regard. Based...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 09:10am

CRA on the cards to ensure transparency in imported coal pricing

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is likely to establish a Coal Regulatory Authority (CRA) to ensure transparency in...

Updated 26 Sep, 2024 09:02am

BR Research

IPP showdown: balancing power and investment

A new round of IPP negotiations has commenced. The cat (invisible technical team) is out of the bag. The round began...

Published 24 Sep, 2024 08:05am

Costly electricity: IPPs’ capacity charges not the sole factor: experts

KARACHI: Energy experts have blamed a host of issues for the rising electricity prices, saying that the recent...

Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:27am

Conversion of power plants to Thar coal: Govt likely to ask local banks for financing

ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to ask local banks to finance conversion of imported coal projects to Thar coal...

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 03:28pm

PQEPC exploring options to resolve its financial woes

ISLAMABAD: Port Qasim Electric Power Company Limited (PQEPC) has reportedly discussed debt restructuring, loan...

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 09:22am

Transfer CPPs to the national grid, suggests PD

ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has suggested the government transferring captive power plants to the National...

Updated 28 Aug, 2024 08:42am

Pakistan

KP govt hints at establishing its ‘EPRA’

PESHAWAR: Advisor to KP CM on Finance and Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC), Muzzammil Aslam Friday said the...

Published 24 Aug, 2024 06:23am

Shehbaz govt may follow IK admin’s lead on IPPs

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led government is reportedly opting to go the same route as Imran Khan...

Updated 16 Aug, 2024 08:42am

Two key thermal plants: PD ‘reluctant’ to share sell-off timelines

Says Nandipur and Guddu Power Plants are on Active Privatisation List since long but with no substantial progress

Updated 10 Aug, 2024 10:50pm

RLNG pushes up generation cost: KE urges govt to help provide gas to its power plants

ISLAMABAD: K-Electric has approached federal government for allocation of indigenous gas fields which can be...

Updated 08 Aug, 2024 09:19am

Opinion

The challenge of IPPs—III

Nepra report further states: “2.3.7 Energy Charges vs. Capacity Charges: The consumer-end tariff comprises Energy...

Updated 07 Aug, 2024 06:39am

Govt to retire expensive power plants

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to retire expensive power plants to reduce electricity prices in the...

Updated 06 Aug, 2024 01:28pm

Markets

CM terms Sindh ‘energy basket’ for entire country

KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that Sindh is the energy basket for entire Pakistan which...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 06:46am

Govt considering importing coal from Kyrgyzstan

Sources say Ambassador of Pakistan to Kyrgyz Republic called on Talaibek Baigaziev, Kyrgyz Deputy Minister of Energy and discussed cooperation on energy between two countries

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 10:23pm

Markets

Reactivating Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project: PM orders formation of body on urgent basis

ISLAMABAD: The closure of Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project is causing a loss of millions of rupees to the national...

Published 15 Jul, 2024 06:25am

Markets

Pakistan’s economic crisis is largely due to its power sector: experts propose bypassing govt

Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous country, has a power sector problem and experts believe this is a core...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 08:23pm

World

India races to build power plants in region claimed by China, sources say

NEW DELHI: India plans to spend $1 billion to expedite the construction of 12 hydropower stations in the...

Published 09 Jul, 2024 07:53pm

Pakistan

Zardari urges SCB’s Group CE to invest in agri sector

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari asked a delegation led by Group Chief Executive of the Standard Chartered Bank...

Published 04 Jul, 2024 08:08am

BR Research

Saif Power Limited

Saif Power Limited (PSX: SPWL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 2004. The company...

Published 03 Jul, 2024 06:54am

Captive power units: MoC opposed to increase in gas rates

Says hike in gas tariff and plan for closure of captive units by January 2025 could impact the country’s exports

Updated 02 Jul, 2024 12:09pm

Opinion

Power transmission: challenges

The power sector in Pakistan is facing a crisis of public perception amid the litany of technical challenges...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 07:13am

Govt intends to convert 3 imported coal-run power plants to Thar coal

ISLAMABAD: The government intends to convert three plants running on imported coal to Thar coal after taking Chinese...

Updated 17 May, 2024 09:24am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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